Blaze (he/him) European shoes thread
foempies.com/…/handmade-since-1939-in-the-eu.html - Belgian, made in EU
mvlad88www.vasky.cz/cs/ - Vasky from Czech Republic. Not sure if they ship outside of CZ yet.
ProdigalFrogFreet Barefoot - barefoot style shoes made in the UK, often out of recycled material, and known to be quite durable for the money.
Had-Owen-ki-RoastVery intresting, never heard of freet or barefoot shoes.
Kinda reminds me of what I love so much about my knitted sneakers in the summer.
cosmicrookieECCo is indeed Danish but have gotten a lot of heat for not pulling out of Russia when they invated Ukraine
Sange goes for a few other Danish companies who contributed inue to do business with Russia, including Rockwool, and Novo Nordisk among others
Searching the web, it looks like they just sell shoes in Russia. It’s not like they run their business there.
they used to be the purveyor for the royal Danish family. the latter demanded them to stop operating in Russia after the full-blown invasion started if they want to renew the contract, and Ecco was like “nah we’ll keep doing that, thanks”.
They defied the monarchy?
Señor MonoMeindl and haix for hiking and work wear.
For hiking there are also Salomon (french), Tecnica (Italian I think ?) and Nordica (Italian). Decathlon (french) also has decent entry level stuff for basically every sport
IsoKieroSievi - made in Finland, mainly safety/industrial shoes but they have “normal” shoes too
Astorflex. Made in Italy leather shoes with stitch-down construction.
My favourite shoes at the moment are ON cloudswift. Swiss brand, although the shoes aren’t actually made there.
The laces broke for me and the soles squeaked.
NPS/Solovair - British leather (and some vegan) shoes and boots, including ‘doc marten’ style Derby boots (they used to manufacture ‘Dr. Martens by Solovair’ boots).
NPS Solovair | Official Online Store | British Made Since 1881
The only official online store for Solovair, Gripfast and NPS Shoes. Made in England at the NPS factory located in Wollaston, Northamptonshire. We are aware of fraudulent websites! The official NPS Solovair website URL is nps-solovair.com. Please be vigilant of scam or phishing websites circulating.
AllNewTypeFaceNot Ecco: they continue to do business in Russia. For my money and conscience, I’d buy American shoes before buying from them.
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This Portuguese brand makes shoes in Portugal incorporating ocean plastic trash.
oooooh, I’m loving the ideą!
Adidas
Kappa
Also:
- Puma (German)
- Lacoste (French)
- H&M (Swedish)
- Primark (Irish)
- Ellesse (Italian, owned by the British)
Also there’s Fred Perry and Fila which are both Asian-owned (by Japan and South Korea respectively), but they’re at least nominally European brands.
Some European brands are American-owned though, like Umbro and Reebok.
Adidas is the 2nd biggest sports brand in the world, almost feels like it doesn’t count lol
Similar with cars tbh
Nobody buys American cars (because they’re shite)
LawfulPirateFrench shoes, their original model (and others) are made with recycled plastic bottles
FlipWhatshoes.co are Estonian ran and produced, and are big on combat boots, but also have other shoes.
CMP are an Italian sports clothing brand also making shoes for hiking, running, biking, etc… I like them because they fit well on my slim feet.
RageMach1neahinsashoes.cz - shoe maker from the Czech Republic, designed in Czechia, made in Croatia. Focuses on the barefoot shoes.
Groundies is missing. Barefoot shoes. Vegan options.
www.groundies.com/de/?gad_source=1